If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
CLARENCE DARROWIt is bigotry for public schools to teach only one theory of origins.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
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All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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You can only be free if I am free.
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
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As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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The purpose of life is to live it.
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